When loving turns to parting I'm always the first to leave Cause when it comes to heartaches I'd rather give than to receive I've never cried myself to sleep just praying I'll get through I've never lost at love not counting you

Not counting you I've never had a heartache Not counting you I never have been blue There's no exceptions to the rule I've never been nobody's fool I've never lost at love not counting you

I've never got down on my knees and asked the Lord above If He would only bring to me the one I'm dreaming of Begging to be taken back and swearing I'll be true Has never crossed my mind not counting you

Not counting you I've never had a heartache Not counting you I never have been blue There's no exceptions to the rule I've never been nobody's fool I've never lost at love not counting you

She swears there's nothing wrong, but something's missing She's never been much good at telling lies 'Cause you can hear the sound of leaving, if you listen This may be California, but Oklahoma's in her eyes

I've got a good thing going It's plain to see she's tired of hanging on I've got a good thing going It's killing me that she's as good as gone

By now she must be tired of always giving And tired of what she's getting in return I guess Oklahoma's more her style of living 'Cause I can see her heart is heading 'cross a bridge I thought she'd burned

I've got a good thing going It's plain to see she's tired of hanging on I've got a good thing going It's killing me that she's as good as gone

Stuck in an airport in Austin, all of the flights are delayed And as the rain keeps fllin' the mem'ries keep callin' me back To another time and place Back to a rainy dy in Oklahoma, she was workin' at this roadside cafe And it was just her and me and looked like it would be At least 'till the storm rolled away

I played "Please Come to Boston" on the jukebox She said hey that's my favorite song The next thing I knew the song was through And we were still dancin' along And with that look in her eyes she pulled from me Then she pulled off that apron she wore And with her hand in mine we turned off the sign And locked the rain outside the door

Every time that it rains I can hear her heart callin' It rains, I can see that dress fallin' The storm clouds roll on, still the memory remains Every time that it rains

One late rainy night I got a phone call So I went back to see her again And through the dnce we both stumbled and with the buttons we fumbled So we decided just to call it at friends If we ever had a thing now it's over and only the memory remains Of a roadside cafe on a September day

This ol' highway's getting longer Seems there ain't no end in sight To sleep would be best, but I just can't afford to rest I've got to ride in Denver tomorrow night

I called the house but no one answered For the last two weeks no one's been home I guess she's through with me, to tell the truth I just can't see What's kept the woman holding on this long

And the white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold I'm much too young to feel this damn old All my cards are on the table with no ace left in the hole I'm much too young to feel this damn old

The competition's getting younger Tougher broncs, you know I can't recall The worn out tape of Chris LeDoux, lonely women and bad booze Seem to be the only friends I've left at all

And the white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold I'm much too young to feel this damn old All my cards are on the table with no ace left in the hole I'm much too young to feel this damn old

He told a good story and all of us kids listened 'Bout his life on the border and the way it was then And we all believed him and when he would finish We'd ask the old cowboy to tell 'em again

You could almost hear those prairie winds blowin' His saddle a creakin' 'neath his old faded jeans You could taste the dry dust from the trail he was ridin' As he sat there and painted those west Texas scenes

And the grown-ups would tell us You boys keep your distance, that old man's just tellin' you lies But to all of us kids Cowboy Bill was a hero Just as true as his blue Texas skies

He told of a time when he rode with the Rangers Down on the pecos and he saved the day Outnumbered by plenty, they were almost too cover With thirty banditos headed their way

He looked back just in time to see a horse stumble The captain went down and Bill pulled up on his rains And through a flurry of bullets he rescued the captain

When all your loves have ended When all your friends have flown Who'll be around to want you When all your loves have gone

Only a fool would do it After the way you've done And how many fools would have you I know one

This fool keeps wondering why he fell in love at all But you might need this fool around in case you fall After the party's over and you've had your fill of fun If you need a fool to forgive you...I know one

You never know you might be lonely when all your loves have missed It wouldn't hurt to keep an extra fool on your list After your heart's been broken and you need a place to run If you'll take a fool who loves you...I know one...I know one

Three thirty in the morning Not a soul insight The city's lookin' like a ghost town On a moonless summer night Raindrops on the windshield There's a storm moving in He's headin' back from somewhere That he never should have been And the thunder rolls And the thunder rolls

Every light is burnin' In a house across town She's pacin' by the telephone In her faded flannel gown Askin' for miracle Hopin' she's not right Prayin' it's the weather That's kept him out all night And the thunder rolls And the thunder rolls

Three thirty in the morning Not a soul insight The city's lookin' like a ghost town On a moonless summer night Raindrops on the windshield There's a storm moving in He's headin' back from somewhere That he never should have been And the thunder rolls And the thunder rolls

Every light is burnin' In a house across town She's pacin' by the telephone In her faded flannel gown Askin' for miracle Hopin' she's not right Prayin' it's the weather That's kept him out all night And the thunder rolls And the thunder rolls